BELIEF CONFIRMED
Changed Axis Policy In Egypt EFFECT OF ALLIED AIR ATTACKS (Received October 14, 9.30 p.m.) . LONDON, October 13.
Field Marshal Rommel appears to be concentrating on getting anti-tank guns instead of tanks across the Mediterranean, confirming the belief that he has been compelled to change his policy as a result of Allied air attacks, says the Cairo corerspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency. Medium-and heavy bombers again visited Tobruk last night, attacking shipping and harbour facilities. A small boat received a direct hit. Other bombs burst on the main jetties and a large fire was started in the dock area.
The bombers’ targets included antiaircraft and searchlight batteries at el Daba, where fighters also attacked transports. <
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19421015.2.55
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 17, 15 October 1942, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
118BELIEF CONFIRMED Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 17, 15 October 1942, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in